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The Zhivago Twelve (or the Zhivago Eleven after one member was ejected by Philge) are the group of elite hackers who assisted the Dragon Friends in penetrating security at Freeside. It is largely composed of the alienated children of the elite families of Freeside who have grown bored and want to overthrow the establishment there. Known as the “Z-12“ by the corporate IT experts who are terrified of them.

Serial Nightvale, bored housewife who took up hacking because she hates her husband, has a personal dental USB port; killed by Mr Terminal

Mail Chimp, unknown seductress and e-mail spammer, armed with laser eyes and equipped with an inverted nipple USB port and a Medi-Tit(tm); likely killed in the destruction of Freeside

Ching Chong, who was immediately kicked out by Philge for having a racist name (in spite of actually being Scottish) which was supposedly suggested by Michael Hing

Philge, who was admitted to the Zhivago Twelve after defeating Sirius-6 in a hacking duel

Serial Nightvale, Haggis and Reville Rongbottom were killed by Mr Terminal remotely overloading their neural links after he caught the Friends entering the Voss-Saito airlock. Laura Norder, Lauren Order, and Satoshi Nakamoto gave their lives to allow Baston and Bobby Pancakes a chance to reach the Voss-Saito airlock and were overwhelmed. Hermione the Ranger Danger was technically killed by Philge stepping on Mr Terminal's overload controller.

Their team cry is “Expecto Radtronum”.

Behind The Scenes

The names of the Zhivago Twelve are a parade of pop culture references that the hackers probably think they're quite edgy for adopting:

Sirius-6 Dumbleboy, Hermione the Ranger Danger, Haggis, Reville Rongbottom, and Snapes-On-A-Plane are all more or less convoluted variations on the names of Harry Potter characters.

Satoshi Nakamoto, almost certainly an alias, was the name used by the original designer of Bitcoin.

Laura Norder and Lauren Order are variations on the title of the American police drama Law & Order, though legally distinct from it. And each other.

Serial Nightvale is a combination of the podcasts Serial and Welcome to Night Vale, which is a terrifying thought.

MailChimp is an email marketing service that is widely advertised on seemingly every podcast ever.

Since it's mentioned that Laura and Lauren occupy a single slot and Philge was not an original member, the podcast only gives 10 names for members of the Twelve. The summary comic added several more: